Su Yonglin didn't know how Zhao Kaishan and others planned to fight.
It seems that their training is a bit simple and perfunctory - simply practicing arrays, simple wielding swords and guns, telling soldiers to obey orders, etc. There is no particularly hard training or anything.
Moreover, it is still a busy farming period, and Zhao Kaishan is still arranging spring plowing for farmers.
This is not a problem, spring plowing is also very important.
But there’s no need to treat training as optional, right?
Su Yonglin couldn't simply deal with it.
He was going to fight the Jin people face to face in the countryside. Not to mention the possibility of a sudden attack, if he encountered someone who was heavily guarded, it might be a field battle.
The battle in the field is all about the stability of the array and each one. You must practice the array.
He couldn't expect those peasant soldiers who couldn't read a single word to know what army formations were and how to coordinate with their comrades on the battlefield.
So he and Zhao Kaishan applied for food, saying that they would give their thousand combat troops three meals a day.
This made Zhao Kaishan a little strange.
"Usually there are only two meals, so why do you want them to eat three? It doesn't have to be like this, right? You will never go hungry if you eat two meals. At most, you can give them more food for each meal."
"Training is the same as fighting. It consumes a lot of energy. If you don't eat, you won't be able to train. If you can't train, you won't be able to produce elite soldiers. Brother, my former subordinates trained three times a day. I have experience. You believe me. , I will definitely train an elite army.
And brother, I have to fight many Jin people in the countryside. If I encounter one who is prepared and unable to sneak attack, I will have to go head-to-head. At that time, it will still be about my strength. You don’t want me to lose the battle. Bar? "
Su Yonglin smiled broadly.
Seeing Su Yonglin's smiling face, Zhao Kaishan was very depressed.
But he also thought that if Su Yonglin could really train an elite army, he would have more confidence to deal with the Jin people.
Moreover, people have come all the way to help them rebel, so it doesn’t make sense if they don’t agree to even this request.
After all, he is not a person who is short of food. There is a mountain of food in his house. When he was short of food in the famine years, he also did things like hoarding and making a lot of money. In any case, he cannot use the excuse of lack of food to excuse himself.
Forget it, just eat more if you have elite soldiers. How much more food can you eat if you have a thousand people?
So Zhao Kaishan agreed to Su Yonglin's request and asked Su Yonglin to give his thousand people two meals in the morning and one meal at noon. The food was enough.
Su Yonglin was very happy, thanked Zhao Kaishan, and then said that he also wanted to apply for some oil and meat.
Seeing Su Yonglin taking advantage of the situation, Zhao Kaishan's face suddenly fell.
"My dear brother, it's enough to have enough food, right? Since ancient times, soldiers have been fed food. How can we give them meat every day? We can't afford it! We don't have that much meat here for them to eat!"
"If you don't eat meat, you won't have strength. If you encounter the Jin cavalry, you won't be able to carry the ax and chop down the cavalry. This is not good. Brother, we are rebelling. If we are not careful, we will lose everything. We can't Cherishing small profits without considering the overall situation.”
"this……"
"Brother! What you are doing now is to earn back thousands of times in the future. Whether it is doing business or rebelling, isn't it the same? If you are not willing to invest, how can you gain anything?"
Su Yonglin stared at Zhao Kaishan seriously with his big eyes.
Zhao Kaishan looked at Su Yonglin's sincere eyes and couldn't say no.
After thinking about it, I felt that what Su Yonglin said was not unreasonable, so I could only agree to give Su Yonglin some oil and meat - but it was definitely not a lot.
Eating meat every meal is a treatment that only direct relatives of the Zhao family receive. Even the nursing team who act as thugs do not receive such good treatment, let alone a thousand soldiers.
The amount is not much, just enough for one meal in five days.
Even so, it was very good, because Su Yonglin didn't think he could get it, he just tried to persuade him, and he didn't feel it was a pity if he didn't get it.
Su Yonglin's mood suddenly became very good.
The less you have, the less you have, you will eventually have something to eat. Even a wealthy man like Zhao Kaishan doesn’t know how rich his savings are. He will definitely not expose his family wealth easily. If he doesn’t collect the wool now, how long will he have to wait?
In this way, Su Yonglin would have the confidence to train a relatively elite army.
Yes, relatively elite.
In just a few days, it's good to be able to get a preliminary look. It's too much to think about training to become an elite soldier, but you still have to practice, seize all the time to practice, and enhance the organization of the army.
In a war, individual prowess cannot dictate the direction of the war. The organization of the army is the key factor in the direction of the war.
Even if these illiterate peasant soldiers have never held a steel knife to kill the enemy, as long as they can mechanically make corresponding tactical actions to cooperate with their comrades, it is enough.
Battlefield experience must be gained through actual combat.
Su Yonglin has experience in land combat and water combat, but he did not fight against regular opponents, but against the same group of private salt dealers. It does not feel like serious combat experience.
He didn't know whether he was a military genius or not, and he had no way to ask Yue Fei, the God of War, who could say "The beauty of application lies in one mind" to teach him what war is. Do you know how much potential you have?
Fortunately, the people he had to deal with for the first time were a group of "Eight Banners disciples" who had neglected their training.
Even if it gets bigger and the pressure becomes greater in the future, it won't be to the extent that Yue Fei has to fight the Golden Army at its peak when he first comes on stage.
Because the Jin Army, like the Song Army, could not return to its peak.
Jin, Song, Xixia, and Dali are all the same in fact. In the endless confrontation, they have all entered a period of decline. They have long lost the sharpness of the past. No one can do anything about the other. Everyone has begun to compete with each other to see who can compete. Who is worse.
If we really want to talk about powerful enemies, they may be the Mongol tribes that are far from truly grown up.
Thinking like this, Su Yonglin felt a little relieved, and then formulated a strict training plan.
He planned to turn this thousand-man combat force into an "army" that could at least understand his orders and execute them before the official uprising.
Soon, Su Yonglin announced his own comprehensive army training plan.
Since an army is to be formed, the first thing to be announced is naturally the organization.
Considering the actual combat needs, Su Yonglin basically referred to the general strategy formulated by Wang Anshi and adopted a three-level organization. In order to show the difference from the Song Army, he slightly changed the military name.
The basic unit of the Song Army was fire, with ten men per fire. Su Yonglin set up a squad of ten men, with the squad leader.
The Song army used five fires as teams, with 50 people in each team, and a captain to command. Su Yonglin changed the team into platoons, with 50 people in a row, at the head of the platoon.
In the Song army, ten teams were divided into one battalion, with 500 people under its jurisdiction, and it was the most basic combat unit. Su Yonglin did not change it here, and also set up a battalion as the basic combat unit, with 500 people under its jurisdiction, and a battalion commander to lead it.
In the general art of war, a battalion is the basic combat unit, and several battalions are considered a general.
The whole army has different numbers of generals in different areas according to different war zones, and the deployment should not be disrupted between the top and bottom as much as possible, so as to improve the early problem of the Song Army that the generals did not know the soldiers and the generals.
Su Yonglin only had a thousand men and two battalions, which could not even reach the minimum of one general and three thousand men.
He was embarrassed to call himself a general, so he informed Zhao Kaishan, who then called himself the commander-in-chief and appointed Su Yonglin as the commander-in-chief to command the two battalions.
He appointed his close associates Su Jue and Su Haisheng to serve as commanders of two battalions respectively. The battalion led by Su Jue was called White Tiger Camp, and the battalion led by Su Haisheng was called Zhuque Camp.
The ten platoons below the battalion are named according to the names of the heavenly stems, with A, B, B, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, and Gui. The five squads below the platoon are simply named with 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. .
Under such detailed regulations, even the most basic soldier can clearly understand where he belongs.
For example, if a soldier belongs to the third squad of the D-shaped platoon of Baihu Camp, it is clear at a glance whose subordinate he belongs to.
In addition, there are only thirty knights commanded by Su Yong as Su Yonglin's personal bodyguards.
Under this regulation, the entire army first registers personnel.
Su Yonglin had no shortage of people who could read and write. Everyone went into battle together and quickly completed the entire army roster.
Surname, first name, age, place of origin, how many people are in the family, etc., as long as they can be recorded, record them all, but if someone doesn't know how old they are, they can only leave them blank.
After the roster was finalized, military position arrangements were immediately announced.
Basically, those who serve as officers are members of the Su family.
This is to allow the army to form combat effectiveness faster, and to better control the army. It is understandable to kill two birds with one stone, and no one can say anything wrong.
After the arrangements for the third-level officers were completed, the establishment of the army was actually completed. It only took two hours from the chaos at the beginning to the orderliness now.
The high-efficiency habits of the Su family, a group of private salt dealers, are also very suitable for this kind of business - fighting and selling private salt are both matters where you have to keep your head in your belt.
After the army was built, Su Yonglin issued a strict work and rest schedule.
At the beginning of the Mao hour, the whole army got up, put on their clothes, folded their quilts, arranged their queues, and then collectively exercised for half an hour until the fourth quarter of the Mao hour.
Then give half an hour to wash up, have breakfast, solve three urgent problems, and tidy yourself up.
The gathering began at the beginning of Chenshi, and we first conducted an hour of queue practice.
At the beginning of Sishi, the formation training ended and weapons training began. It took another hour to practice spear assassination, shield raising and release, bow and crossbow shooting, etc.
At noon, the training ends and the entire army has an hour to eat lunch and take a lunch break.
Not long after, the entire army conducted a one-hour literacy course. The literate Su family veterans took the peasant soldiers who had just become Su Yonglin's subordinates to learn literacy together.
At Shen Shi, depending on the progress, the first step is to strengthen the formation training. When the formation training is decent, then combine it with weapons to practice the military formation for an hour.
At You hour, the whole army had dinner, solved three urgent problems, took a short rest, and moved freely in the military camp.
At Xu time, the entire army gathered again according to the new organization and conducted exchange activities for about an hour. With a squad as the basic unit, the squad leader and the soldiers gathered together to communicate. They could talk about anything, mainly to enhance mutual understanding.
At the beginning of Haishi, the whole army turned off the lights and went to bed on time, waiting for the order to get up the next day.
This goes on and on.
Then, Su Yonglin promulgated the appropriate military decree that he thought of at present, and ordered the person with the loudest voice to read it in public.
For example, there are some regulations such as salary for soldiers, rewards for those who work hard in training, heavy punishment for those who are lazy, rewards for those who work hard in literacy, and punishment for those who are lazy.
Among them, several very important ones have been specially highlighted for explanation.
First, soldiers' pay is paid publicly every month, directly from the quartermaster. The money is paid with one hand and recorded with the other. It is clean and clear, and there is no arrears. It is no different from the hands of any officer.
Second, the food expenses in the army are made public. How much money the Huotou Army spends on buying food every day must be disclosed to the outside world. It must be written on paper and posted in a designated area to let all soldiers in the army know.
Thirdly, regardless of whether there are officers or soldiers in the army, the food is the same. The Huotou Army can eat whatever they can prepare, from Su Yonglin himself to the ordinary soldiers.
Fourth, and a very critical one, is that officers are not allowed to insult or physically punish soldiers. Soldiers who make mistakes can be punished using military law. However, if an officer insults or punishes soldiers, he will be dismissed immediately, and his criticism must be publicly announced in front of the entire army.
This is an iron rule and must not be wavered.
These regulations had actually been applied when Su Yonglin took charge of the Sujia Private Salt Group.
The Su family's private salt group was under military management a long time ago. When Su Yonglin took over, the core group was like a well-organized and hierarchical army, and the organizational link was interest.
Su Yonglin added these rules that must be followed, supplemented by various political and ideological educations, and created this private salt dealer interest group that licked blood at the edge of the sword into the spark of the northward rebellion, transforming the organization from the inside out. .
Therefore, the original thugs were very accustomed to the military regulations and military laws proposed by Su Yonglin, and there was nothing strange about them.
Although the salt workers didn't know clearly, they trusted Su Yonglin and were willing to comply.
The newly joined peasant soldiers blinked with confused eyes, confused as to what these regulations were all about.
It didn't matter, Su Yonglin didn't expect them to accept and understand these rules from the beginning. Following the old people of the Su family who were already accustomed to the rules, they didn't have to worry about not understanding these contents.
"Since you follow me, you must abide by the rules. These rules are not only for you, but I will also abide by them. If you make a mistake, the military law is as high as a mountain. If I make a mistake, the military law is as high as a mountain!"
Su Yonglin stood in front of the entire army with a cold expression and held a knife, and made his oath to the entire army.
After a series of announcements, it was already evening, and Huotoujun had already prepared tonight's dinner - thick vegetable porridge.
So Su Yonglin ordered the entire army to start eating dinner in squad units, one pot at a time.
If you have enough salt, you will be full of porridge.
After dinner, it was time for free activities. Su Yonglin asked the squad leaders of each squad to take their respective soldiers to their residences to tidy up.
I can't help it. I just moved in and a lot of things need to be sorted. It's really hard to sleep if I don't sort them.
Su Yonglin called all the main responsible persons in other armies to his side and assigned them tasks.
